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Last year a group of eminent scientists, most of whom would rather drink cocktails than tea, banded together to wrest the U. S. Drunkard from the hands of the temperance movement. Bolstered by grants from several learned societies, the Research Council on Problems of Alcohol, under the leadership of Dr. Winfred Overholser of Washington's St. Elizabeth's Hospital, set projects stirring in a half-dozen U. S. universities. Members tackled such problems as the Drunkard's liver, stomach, love for his mother...
...which uses such natural methods as heat, massage and exercise to invigorate the body, relieve pain. Though most of its practitioners are laymen, physiotherapy is a special pet of the American Medical Association. Last week, for the umpteenth time, the Journal of the A. M. A. begged doctors to wrest this lucrative and valuable specialty from the hands of the quacks...
...days must have dragged for King Haakon. Nights were now only twilight and almost every day fresh blankets of spring snow fell to impede the progress of Allied and Norse troops seeking to wrest Narvik from the stubborn clutch of some 3,500 Austrian ski troops under General Eduard ("The Bull") Dietl, entrenched on towering Rombak Heights southeast of the town. Through the snow swirls, shielded more than blinded, came steady streams of Nazi planes to drop food, munitions, more men to the beleaguered invaders. They revived and reinforced a second Nazi contingent on the north side of Rombak Fjord...
...Within a few days the entire Narvik region should be ours again," said the authorized Norwegian military spokesman in describing furious fighting in the full-force attack to wrest Narvik from the Germans...
...Kirkland crew seems the favorite of the House flotilla, with Lowell far down on the list. The Bellboys can field a superior hardball nine which may give them enough points to wrest the crown, for the rest of the sports are evenly divided. Golf is a toss-up, while Kirkland looks to have a stronger set of racquetmen. The Deacons are backing their softball team as House champions...